Undersea cable repairs will restore Asia, Middle East Internet access

I posted last week about the undersea cables which were damaged, shutting down Internet access to large sections of Asia and the Middle East. It seems the companies involved are busy repairing the damages now and it should take a week or so to get the job done. The story I linked to in that last sentence says no one knows for sure how the damage happened "but there have been reports that the breaks were related to a tanker dragging its anchor along the sea bed."

A tanker's anchor shut down Internet access to a large portion of the world??

Maybe there ought to be options to undersea cables and Internet access? I have no idea what the expenses would be or how it would need to be done, but it seems something better ought to be available in our high-tech world, doesn't it?

Ah, well, what do I know? I'm just a guy who reads the papers.
[tags]undersea cable repairs, Internet access, ships and shipping, just a guy who reads the papers[/tags]

February 5, 2008 | Filed Under Technology News, World News